http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/7433/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/landlords-hell-and-rodents-roommates/30676 <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &ndash; About twenty low income tenants came to City Hall to find some accountability, but all they found were rodents, insects and bedbugs.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/landlords-hell-and-rodents-roommates/30676" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/landlords-hell-and-rodents-roommates/30676#comments Robert Devet Logement Pauvreté ACORN Halifax housing landlord licensing Rent control rooming houses slumlords Tue, 13 May 2014 22:22:42 +0000 Robert DeVet 30676 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/lively-community-meeting-tackles-landlord-licensin/30640 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> ACORN Nova Scotia establishes Halifax chapter </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_5597.jpg" alt="" title="Lots of people came out to the Gotttingen Street public library to talk about housing issues facing people on low income. The meeting was organized by ACORN Nova Scotia. Photo Robert Devet" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - For many people in Nova Scotia bed bugs, Nova Scotia Power bills and rent increases are much like the weather. You can complain about it, but it&#39;s not going to make a difference.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/lively-community-meeting-tackles-landlord-licensin/30640" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/lively-community-meeting-tackles-landlord-licensin/30640#comments Robert Devet Santé Logement Pauvreté ACORN Halifax Halifax North End landlord licensing Rent control rooming houses slumlords Fri, 09 May 2014 16:02:10 +0000 Robert DeVet 30640 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/beyond-our-control/13268 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Rent regulation and affordable housing in Halifax </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/180172840_ae4ac4d671_b.jpg" alt="" title="Halifax doesn&#039;t have rent controls, nor a plan to increase the amount of affordable housing (Andrew Ferguson photo: http://www.goldengod.net/)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>With residents facing staggering spikes in rental prices, two city councillors have called for the province to revisit rent control.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/beyond-our-control/13268" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/beyond-our-control/13268#comments James Hutt Governance Logement affordable housing gentrification Halifax North End Halifax Rent control Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:10:33 +0000 Natascia Lypny 13268 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca